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Paralympic Committee of Nigeria opens camp for Para Athletes ahead of major International Championships

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1 year ago

July 13, 2025

…Salutes NSC for continuous support and visionary leadership

Joel Ajayi

With the full support of the National Sports Commission, NSC, the Paralympic Committee of Nigeria,PCN, has opened camping ahead of the upcoming major International Para-Championships.

President of the PCN, Sunday Odebode revealed that the camp has opened in Lagos as they step up preparations for a series of international competitions lined up for the country’s special athletes.

He said this camping is in preparation for the World Para championship in Santiago, Chile, the para athletics grand Prix in India, the qualifications for regional Para table tennis for World Championship and the qualifications for wheelchair basketball and Para- swimming.

” We are very pleased that the camping has opened for our Para athletes but this would have not been possible if not for the National Sports commission and the intentional leadership of both the Chairman Mallam Shehu Dikko and the Director General Hon. Bukola Olopade”.

” We have not had it this good in the Para family and we cannot over stress our gratitude to the President of the country, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for putting our sports in the hands of true technocrats”.

Odebode emphasized that the effect of this kind of prompt and early preparations is outstanding results at international competitions which the country’s para athletes are more determined to achieve.

” The motivation and determination of our Para athletics have gone a nudge higher because of the kind of attention we are getting from the NSC and the main goal is to smash an outstanding performance at the 2026 commonwealth games and the Los Angeles Olympics games in 2028″.

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Drogba, Amuneke, Eguavoen Lead African Legends’ Arrival in Lagos

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6 mins ago

November 7, 2026

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

With just one day to the much-anticipated Legends of Africa Football Game, Ivorian football icon Didier Drogba has arrived in Lagos, joining an impressive assembly of former African internationals already in the city ahead of Sunday’s star-studded encounter.

Drogba’s arrival further heightens anticipation for the game, which will bring together some of the continent’s most celebrated football figures at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, Lagos.

Also in Lagos are Nigerian football greats Mobi Oparaku, Emmanuel Amuneke, Emmanuel Babayaro, Garba Lawal, Austin Eguavoen and Mutiu Adepoju, alongside other members of the legendary Super Eagles generations of 1994 and 1996.

The African contingent also features distinguished names including Togo’s Emmanuel Adebayor, Senegal’s El-Hadji Diouf, Ghana’s Stephen Appiah and Cameroon’s Rigobert Song, among other former international stars.

The excitement will extend beyond the legends’ reunion, with popular Nigerian entertainers and celebrities preparing for a special Celebrity Match as part of the event. Yhemolee, Sheggz, Jeriq, Teddy A and Charles Okocha are among the personalities set to feature in the celebrity fixture, scheduled to begin at 1:30pm.

The Celebrity Match will form part of a wider programme of activities designed to give fans a full day of football, entertainment and celebration before the main legends’ fixture, which kicks off at 5pm. Gates open at 1:30pm.

Organized by Toptier Sports Management in collaboration with Afreximbank and CANEX as part of CANEX WKND 2026, the game will feature 15 Nigerian legends taking on 13 African icons in a celebration of the players whose achievements helped shape the history of football on the continent.

Beyond the match, the programme includes a football clinic involving 500 young players, entertainment and special recognition for the heroes of African football.

The Legends of Africa Football Game promises a memorable gathering of football royalty, bringing together generations of fans to celebrate the enduring legacy of the continent’s finest players.

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